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Phocoena sinus Norris & McFarland, 1958

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Norris, K. S. and W. N. McFarland. (1958). A new harbor porpoise of the genus <i>Phocoena</i> from the Gulf of California. Journal of Mammalogy 39:22--39.
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Cetacea
family
Phocoenidae
genus
Phocoena
species
Phocoena sinus

Name

Homonyms
Phocoena sinus Norris & McFarland, 1958
Common names
Cochito in English
Gulf Porpoise in English
Gulf of California Harbor Porpoise in English
Gulf of California Porpoise in English
Gulf of California harbor porpoise in English
Gulf of California harbor porpoise in English
Kalifornien-Schweinswal in English
Marsopa vaquita in Spanish
Marsopa vaquita in Spanish
Marsouin de Californie in English
Pazifischer Hafenschweinswal in German
Vaquita in English
Vaquita in language.
Vaquita in English
Vaquita in English
Vaquita in English
Vaquita marina in English
cochito in language.
cochito in Spanish
cochito in Spanish
vaquita in language.
Vaquita in English
Gulf Porpoise in English
Gulf of California Harbour Porpoise in English
Gulf of California Porpoise in English
Gulf of California harbor porpoise in English
Marsouin du golfe de Californie in French
Vaquita Marina in Spanish
cochito in Spanish
kaliforniyskaya morskaya svinya in Russian
kogashira nezumi iruka in Japanese
marsopa de Golfo de California in Spanish
marsouin du golfe de Californie in French
vaquita in Spanish
vaquita in French
vaquita in English
vaquita marina in Spanish

Bibliographic References

  1. Brownell, R. L., Jr. (1983). Phocoena sinus. Mammalian Species 198:1--3.
  2. Brownell, Robert L. Jr., 1983: Phocoena sinus. Mammalian Species, no. 198. 1-3.
  3. Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of Living Whales. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> (246): 1-259. 10.5479/si.03629236.246
  4. Hershkovitz, Philip, 1966: Catalog of Living Whales. United States National Museum Bulletin, no. 246. viii + 259.
  5. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
  6. Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam.
  7. Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. <em>In Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp.</em> 723--743.
  8. Mead, James G., and Robert L. Brownell, Jr. / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: Order Cetacea. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 1. 723-743.
  9. Norris, K. S. and W. N. McFarland. (1958). A new harbor porpoise of the genus <i>Phocoena</i> from the Gulf of California. Journal of Mammalogy 39:22--39.
  10. Perrin, W.F.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Second edition. Academic Press: London. ISBN 978-0-12-373553-9. xxix, 1316 pp.
  11. Rice, D. W. (1998). Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. <em>Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication.</em> 4.
  12. Rice, Dale W., 1998: Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution. Special Publications of the Society for Marine Mammals, no. 4. ix + 231.
  13. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
  14. Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.
  15. Würsig, Bernd, J. G. M. Thewissen, and Kit M. Kovacs, eds., 2018: null. Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, 3rd edition. xxxi + 1157.
  16. van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).
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